Curriculum vitae
EMPLOYMENT
2013—: Professor of Music History
Curtis Institute of Music
EDUCATION
2013: PhD, History of Music
University of Pennsylvania
2005—2006: Fulbright Scholar
Musicological Institute of the University of Cologne (Germany)
2004: BA, Music and German Studies
New College of Florida
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
American Musicological Society PAYS 75 Subvention, 2015
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2012—2013
Fulbright Scholarship, 2005--2006
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Instruments for New Music: Sound, Technology, and Modernism. Oakland: University of California Press, 2016.
Refereed Articles
“Player Piano.” Oxford Handbooks Online, 2014.
Articles in Edited Volumes
"Ethereal Instruments." With Emily I. Dolan. In The Oxford Handbook of Timbre, edited by Emily I. Dolan and Alexander Rehding. Under review.
"Cat Pianos, Sound-Houses, and Other Imaginary Musical Instruments." With Deirdre Loughridge. In The Public Domain Review, Selected Essays Volume III, 53-66. Cambridge: PDR Press, 2016.
"The Time of Roland Kayn's Cybernetic Music." In Travelling Time, Sonic Acts XIV, edited by Arie Altena and Sonic Acts, 46–66. Amsterdam: Sonic Acts Press/Paradiso, 2012.
"Iannis Xenakis’ Kottos." In Topographien der Kompositionsgeschichte seit 1950, edited by Tobias Hühnermann and Christoph von Blumröder, 146–156. Vienna: Verlag der Apfel, 2011.
Translations
Theodor W. Adorno, "The Function of Timbre in Music." In The Oxford Handbook of Timbre, edited by Emily I. Dolan and Alexander Rehding. Under review.
Carl Dahlhaus, "On the Theory of Instrumentation." In The Oxford Handbook of Timbre, edited by Emily I. Dolan and Alexander Rehding. Under review.
Web-Based Writings
"Cat Pianos, Sound-Houses, and Other Imaginary Musical Instruments," with Deirdre Loughridge. The Public Domain Review, 15 July 2015.
Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments (2013—).
"Music, Technology, Utopia: The Legacy of Pietro Grossi." Published on the English webpage of the Associazione Pietro Grossi (2011).
"Less Is Less: Morton Feldman's Minimalism." Blog post for American Sublime: The Late Works of Morton Feldman (June 2011).
Acousmata. Music blog (2009—2013).
Editorial Assistance
Le monde sonore de François Bayle. Edited by Marcus Erbe and Christoph von Blumröder. Vienna: Verlag der Apfel, 2012.
Other Publications
"Eliane Radigue: An Introduction." Program notes for American premiere of Eliane Radigue’s Naldjorlak, Philadelphia, September 24, 2010.
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks
"Composing Machine: The Triadex Muse"
Expressive Engines: Musical Technologies from Automata to Robots
New Brunswick, Rutgers University, 15 February 2016
"The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments" (with Deirdre Loughridge)
Bone Flute to Auto-Tune: A Conference on Music and Technology in History, Theory, and Practice
University of California, Berkeley, 24 April 2014
"The Time of Roland Kayn’s Cybernetic Music"
Sonic Acts XIV: Travelling Time
Amsterdam, 23-26 February, 2012
Discussant
"Critical Organology" roundtable discussion, moderated by Emily Dolan
American Musicological Society Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh, 7 November 2013
Panel discussion with Kenneth Goldsmith, David Behrman, Chris Madak, and Andrew Raffo Dewar
Sonic Arts Union Retrospective
International House, Philadelphia, 21 January 2012
Conference Papers
"Organic Instruments: Early Electrophones and the Valorization of Technology in the Weimar Republic"
Alternative Histories of Electronic Music
Science Museum, London, 15 April 2016
"The Trautonium: Electro-Music and Steel Romanticism"
American Musicological Society Annual Meeting
Louisville, 14 November 2015
"Public Musicology and New Music"
The Past, Present, and Future of Public Musicology
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, 31 January 2015
"Jörg Mager’s Electric Music of the Spheres"
American Musicological Society Annual Meeting
San Francisco, 12 November 2011
"Music, Technology, Utopia: The Legacy of Pietro Grossi"
conTemplum Graduate Student Symposium
Temple University, Philadelphia, 22 October 2011
"The Cybernetic Music of Roland Kayn"
Beyond the Centres: Musical Avant Gardes since 1950
Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece), 2 July 2010
"Herder’s Influence on the Musical Aesthetics of Christian Friedrich Michaelis"
Herder, Music, and Enlightenment
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 11 April 2008
"System, Lifeworld, and Experimental Music"
Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts
George Mason University, Washington DC, 9 October 2004
Other Presentations
"Noise before The Art of Noises: Thoughts on the History of Sound"
Public lecture, "Art of Noises Futurist Cocktail Party"
<fidget>, Philadelphia, 11 March 2013
"Music and Boredom"
Public lecture, "Prolonged Exposure" art exhibit, curated by Kaegan Sparks
Invisible Dog Art Center, New York, 10 November 2012
"Notation and Graphic Scores in 20th-Century Music"
Public lecture for exhibition opening of Word Each to Cling I by Erica Baum
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 11 September 2008
"A Concert of Noises: Electronic Music of the 1950s"
Public concert and lecture
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, October 2007
"Francois Bayle’s Musique acousmatique"
Public lecture, Electro-Music 2007
Philadelphia, June 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Curtis Institute of Music
Music History II: Classical Music from 1800 to 2000 (Fall 2013—)
Exploring Electronic Music (Spring 2017)
Music of the Medieval Period (Fall 2016)
History of American Popular Music (Fall 2015)
The Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen (Independent study, Fall 2015)
University of Pennsylvania
Experimental Music in Theory and Practice (Fall 2014)
1000 Years of Musical Listening (Instructor, Spring 2010; Teaching Assistant, Fall 2008)
Introduction to World Musics and Cultures (Teaching Assistant, Fall 2011, Spring 2008)
Music Theory I (Fall 2009)
VOLUNTEER AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
October—November 2010: Joe Sestak Senate Campaign, West Philadelphia office
November 2008—May 2009: Contributor, “Public Eye News Journal,” WPEB public radio, Philadelphia
October—November 2008: Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, West Philadelphia office
September—December 2007: PEACE Project, Freire Charter School, Philadelphia
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Associate Curator, Bowerbird (2011—)
Grant Review Panelist, American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter (2010—)
2013—: Professor of Music History
Curtis Institute of Music
EDUCATION
2013: PhD, History of Music
University of Pennsylvania
2005—2006: Fulbright Scholar
Musicological Institute of the University of Cologne (Germany)
2004: BA, Music and German Studies
New College of Florida
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
American Musicological Society PAYS 75 Subvention, 2015
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2012—2013
Fulbright Scholarship, 2005--2006
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Instruments for New Music: Sound, Technology, and Modernism. Oakland: University of California Press, 2016.
Refereed Articles
“Player Piano.” Oxford Handbooks Online, 2014.
Articles in Edited Volumes
"Ethereal Instruments." With Emily I. Dolan. In The Oxford Handbook of Timbre, edited by Emily I. Dolan and Alexander Rehding. Under review.
"Cat Pianos, Sound-Houses, and Other Imaginary Musical Instruments." With Deirdre Loughridge. In The Public Domain Review, Selected Essays Volume III, 53-66. Cambridge: PDR Press, 2016.
"The Time of Roland Kayn's Cybernetic Music." In Travelling Time, Sonic Acts XIV, edited by Arie Altena and Sonic Acts, 46–66. Amsterdam: Sonic Acts Press/Paradiso, 2012.
"Iannis Xenakis’ Kottos." In Topographien der Kompositionsgeschichte seit 1950, edited by Tobias Hühnermann and Christoph von Blumröder, 146–156. Vienna: Verlag der Apfel, 2011.
Translations
Theodor W. Adorno, "The Function of Timbre in Music." In The Oxford Handbook of Timbre, edited by Emily I. Dolan and Alexander Rehding. Under review.
Carl Dahlhaus, "On the Theory of Instrumentation." In The Oxford Handbook of Timbre, edited by Emily I. Dolan and Alexander Rehding. Under review.
Web-Based Writings
"Cat Pianos, Sound-Houses, and Other Imaginary Musical Instruments," with Deirdre Loughridge. The Public Domain Review, 15 July 2015.
Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments (2013—).
"Music, Technology, Utopia: The Legacy of Pietro Grossi." Published on the English webpage of the Associazione Pietro Grossi (2011).
"Less Is Less: Morton Feldman's Minimalism." Blog post for American Sublime: The Late Works of Morton Feldman (June 2011).
Acousmata. Music blog (2009—2013).
Editorial Assistance
Le monde sonore de François Bayle. Edited by Marcus Erbe and Christoph von Blumröder. Vienna: Verlag der Apfel, 2012.
Other Publications
"Eliane Radigue: An Introduction." Program notes for American premiere of Eliane Radigue’s Naldjorlak, Philadelphia, September 24, 2010.
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks
"Composing Machine: The Triadex Muse"
Expressive Engines: Musical Technologies from Automata to Robots
New Brunswick, Rutgers University, 15 February 2016
"The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments" (with Deirdre Loughridge)
Bone Flute to Auto-Tune: A Conference on Music and Technology in History, Theory, and Practice
University of California, Berkeley, 24 April 2014
"The Time of Roland Kayn’s Cybernetic Music"
Sonic Acts XIV: Travelling Time
Amsterdam, 23-26 February, 2012
Discussant
"Critical Organology" roundtable discussion, moderated by Emily Dolan
American Musicological Society Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh, 7 November 2013
Panel discussion with Kenneth Goldsmith, David Behrman, Chris Madak, and Andrew Raffo Dewar
Sonic Arts Union Retrospective
International House, Philadelphia, 21 January 2012
Conference Papers
"Organic Instruments: Early Electrophones and the Valorization of Technology in the Weimar Republic"
Alternative Histories of Electronic Music
Science Museum, London, 15 April 2016
"The Trautonium: Electro-Music and Steel Romanticism"
American Musicological Society Annual Meeting
Louisville, 14 November 2015
"Public Musicology and New Music"
The Past, Present, and Future of Public Musicology
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, 31 January 2015
"Jörg Mager’s Electric Music of the Spheres"
American Musicological Society Annual Meeting
San Francisco, 12 November 2011
"Music, Technology, Utopia: The Legacy of Pietro Grossi"
conTemplum Graduate Student Symposium
Temple University, Philadelphia, 22 October 2011
"The Cybernetic Music of Roland Kayn"
Beyond the Centres: Musical Avant Gardes since 1950
Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece), 2 July 2010
"Herder’s Influence on the Musical Aesthetics of Christian Friedrich Michaelis"
Herder, Music, and Enlightenment
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 11 April 2008
"System, Lifeworld, and Experimental Music"
Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts
George Mason University, Washington DC, 9 October 2004
Other Presentations
"Noise before The Art of Noises: Thoughts on the History of Sound"
Public lecture, "Art of Noises Futurist Cocktail Party"
<fidget>, Philadelphia, 11 March 2013
"Music and Boredom"
Public lecture, "Prolonged Exposure" art exhibit, curated by Kaegan Sparks
Invisible Dog Art Center, New York, 10 November 2012
"Notation and Graphic Scores in 20th-Century Music"
Public lecture for exhibition opening of Word Each to Cling I by Erica Baum
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 11 September 2008
"A Concert of Noises: Electronic Music of the 1950s"
Public concert and lecture
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, October 2007
"Francois Bayle’s Musique acousmatique"
Public lecture, Electro-Music 2007
Philadelphia, June 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Curtis Institute of Music
Music History II: Classical Music from 1800 to 2000 (Fall 2013—)
Exploring Electronic Music (Spring 2017)
Music of the Medieval Period (Fall 2016)
History of American Popular Music (Fall 2015)
The Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen (Independent study, Fall 2015)
University of Pennsylvania
Experimental Music in Theory and Practice (Fall 2014)
1000 Years of Musical Listening (Instructor, Spring 2010; Teaching Assistant, Fall 2008)
Introduction to World Musics and Cultures (Teaching Assistant, Fall 2011, Spring 2008)
Music Theory I (Fall 2009)
VOLUNTEER AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
October—November 2010: Joe Sestak Senate Campaign, West Philadelphia office
November 2008—May 2009: Contributor, “Public Eye News Journal,” WPEB public radio, Philadelphia
October—November 2008: Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, West Philadelphia office
September—December 2007: PEACE Project, Freire Charter School, Philadelphia
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Associate Curator, Bowerbird (2011—)
Grant Review Panelist, American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter (2010—)
